mint
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: mĭnt, IPA(key): /mɪnt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪnt
Etymology 1
From Middle English mynt, münet (“money, coin”), from Old English mynet (“coin, money”), from late Proto-Germanic *munitą, *munitō (“coin”), from Latin monēta (“place for making coins, coined money”), from the temple of Juno Moneta (named for Monēta mother of the Muses), where coins were made; akin to Dutch munt (“currency, coin, mint”), German Münze (“coin, coinage, mint”), Danish mønt (“coin”), and to Russian моне́та (monéta, “coin”). Doublet of money, which came through Old French.
Noun
mint (plural mints)
- A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
- (informal) A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.
- That house is worth a mint
- It must have cost a mint to produce!
- (figuratively) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
- Shakespeare
- A mint of phrases in his brain.
- Shakespeare
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Verb
mint (third-person singular simple present mints, present participle minting, simple past and past participle minted)
- (transitive) To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
- To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
- Francis Bacon
- titles […] of such natures as may be easily minted
- Francis Bacon
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Adjective
mint (not comparable)
- (of condition) as new.
- in mint condition.
- (numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
- (philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
- (Britain, slang) Very good.
- 2014, Holly Hagan, Not Quite a Geordie
- And my God, what a house it was – it was mint! In all my life I had never set foot in such a beautiful place.
- 2014, Holly Hagan, Not Quite a Geordie
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Etymology 2
From Old English minte (“mint plant”), from Proto-Germanic *minta, from Latin menta, probably from a lost Mediterranean language either through Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē), μίνθα (míntha) or directly. Akin to Old Norse minta (“mint”).
Noun
mint (plural mints)
- Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
- The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
- Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
- A green colour, like that of mint.
- mint colour:
- A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
Derived terms
- apple mint
- bergamot mint
- brandy mint
- breath mint
- brook mint
- brown mint
- catmint
- chocolate mint
- corn mint
- crisped mint, crisp mint
- curled mint
- eau de cologne mint
- field mint
- fish mint
- grapefruit mint
- horse mint
- mackerel mint
- mint cake
- mint-drop
- mint imperial
- mint jelly
- mint julep
- Minto
- mint sauce
- mint-sling
- mint-stick
- mint tea
- mint vinegar
- mint-water
- minty
- mountain mint
- peppermint
- pineapple mint
- scotch mint
- spearmint
- stone mint
- water mint
- wild mint
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Etymology 3
From Middle English minten, from Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”), from Proto-Germanic *muntaną, *muntijaną (“to think, consider”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- (“to think”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mintsje, muntsje (“to aim, target”), Dutch munten (“to aim at, target”), German Low German münten (“to aim at”), German münzen (“to aim at”), Dutch monter (“cheerful, gladsome, spry”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐍃 (muns, “thought, opinion”), Old English munan (“to be mindful of, consider, intend”). More at mind.
Verb
mint (third-person singular simple present mints, present participle minting, simple past and past participle minted)
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪnt
Verb
mint
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of minnen
- (archaic) plural imperative of minnen
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmint]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mint
Conjunction
mint
- (comparison of things with a quality present at different degrees) than
- (comparison of things with a quality present at the same degree) as …… as
- (comparison of things with some similar quality) like
- (somewhat formal, pointing at a comparable feature at a different instance) as
- (stating someone's capacity in a situation) as
- János mint zsűritag vett részt az eseményen. ― János took part in the event as a member of the jury.
- Synonym: -ként
Usage notes
In the context of comparison, mint starts a new clause, so a comma is needed before it.
Derived terms
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References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
Further reading
- (most senses given above): mint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
- (as): mint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.